Famous Cartoonists Buttons

From the back cover of Bizarre Sex issue 1, 1972 Kitchen Sink Enterprises. I wonder if they're still available?

"Hey, Look!"

"In 1966 comics historian John Benson published a small portfolio of ten Kurtzman Hey Look! pages. By today's standards it was very modest, but it was the first time many fans, including me, had seen them." From Hairy Green Eyeball, where you can see more "Hey, Look!" pages. And don't forget to check out THE ART OF HARVEY KURTZMAN, THE MAD GENIUS OF COMICS by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle (I'll be picking up mine from the post office tomorrow).

Silver Linings

Here's a complete run of Harvey Kurtzman’s short-lived newspaper strip.

(Link from Journalista).

The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics

Coming soon....



















"One of the leading artists in American satirical and adult comics... Kurtzman's skills as a writer, artist and editor brought a witty and profound perspective to comics and magazine publishing. The book will include pencil sketches, layouts, inked drawings, colour compositions, correspondence and hundreds of never-before-seen photos and art from the Kurtzman archives."

You can pre-order it on on amazon.co.uk for £10, which includes delivery. Hopefully the book will include a few strips like the one's shown below (found on John K Stuff's blog, where there's also a nice essay on Kurtzman's use of movement):

































































To any publishers who might be reading this : please, please, PLEASE consider reprinting "Hey, Look!"

HUMBUG

Oh Boy, I wanna see this! Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Arnold Roth, Al Jaffee and Jack Davis : the fifties' artists who influenced a few decades worth of alternative cartoonists. Read all about Harvey Kurtzman and Humbug here, where you can also download the first issue as a pdf file.
There will also be a Humbug exhibition, opening March the 7th, at the Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery in Seattle.





"Kurtzman’s ‘Humbug’ is no humbug" by Michael H. Price.